Footnotes
[ [1] Lib. 2, in Timæum Platonis, as cited by Junius de Pictura Veterum.—R.
[ [2] Essays, p. 252, edit. 1625.
[ [3] "Those," says Quintilian, "who are taken with the outward show of things, think that there is more beauty in persons who are trimmed, curled, and painted, than uncorrupt nature can give; as if beauty were merely the effect of the corruption of manners."—R.
[ [4] Sed non qui maxime imitandus, etiam solus imitandus est Quintilian.
[ [5] Dr. Goldsmith.
[ [6] "Nulla ars, non alterius artis, aut mater, aut popinqua est."—Tertull as cited by Junius.
[ [7] "Omnes artes quæ ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione inter se continentur."—Cicero.
[ [8] "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."—Exodus iii. 5.
[ [9] Discourses II. and VI.
[ [10] This was inadvertently said. I did not recollect the admirable treatise On the Sublime and Beautiful.
[ [11] Sir William Chambers.
[ [12] In the Loggia dei Lauzi at Florence.—Note, Ed.
[ [13] Discourse III.
[ [14] In Ben Jonson's "Catiline" we find this aphorism, with a slight variation:—
"A serpent, ere he comes to be a dragon,
Must eat a bat."
[ [15] The addition of accio denotes contempt, or some deformity or imperfection attending the person to whom it is applied.
"Towers and Battlements it sees
Bosom'd high in tufted trees."—Milton, L'All.
[ [17] Mr. Hodges.
[ [18] James Harris.
[ [19] Pictura quoque non alium exitum fecit, postquam Ægyptiorum audacia tam magnæ artis compendiariam invenit.
[ [20] Che Raffaelle non ebbe quest' arte da natura, ma per lungo studio.
[ [21] Unfortunately for mankind, these were the last words pronounced by this great Painter from the Academical chair. He died about fourteen months after this Discourse was delivered.